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Jesse Baumgartner is an RTC contributor.  In this piece he’ll spend each week reviewing the five things he loved and hated about the previous week of college basketball.

The Five Things I Loved This Week

I LOVED..…that the Big Ten announced Sunday it’s not looking to expand in the near future. This recent movement between conferences has been fine and dandy, but I’m all for reeling things in a little bit now rather than continuing to strengthen/expand the big boys. We like conferences in college basketball for [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2010/12/06/its-a-lovehate-relationship-volume-i/feed/ 8 Backdoor Cuts: Vol. I http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/25/backdoor-cuts-vol-i/ http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/25/backdoor-cuts-vol-i/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:04:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=13180

DAVE ZEITLIN: Everyone these days has a voice. And sometimes, it seems, most people try to use that voice in the most loud and obnoxious way possible. This column won’t be like that. Yes, this column will be a running dialogue between two people (myself and fellow RTC contributor Steve Moore) that will focus on angles, trends, players, coaches, fans and everything else in our favorite sport (which, if you haven’t already guessed, is college basketball).  But we promise not to Stephen A. Smith you, or act like these guys. When we do have debates, they [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2009/11/25/backdoor-cuts-vol-i/feed/ 2 NCAA Response to Tim Donaghy http://rushthecourt.net/2007/07/26/ncaa-response-to-tim-donaghy/ http://rushthecourt.net/2007/07/26/ncaa-response-to-tim-donaghy/#respond Thu, 26 Jul 2007 15:53:46 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/2007/07/26/ncaa-response-to-tim-donaghy/

As a short follow-up to the Donaghy scandal, the NCAA released the following information to espn.com regarding the measures it takes to ensure that its officials are clean (RTC’s comments below in bold): 

NCAA (basketball) • The NCAA produces a video that is provided to each of the officials selected for the NCAA championship. The video warns of the dangers of gambling.

[Wow!  A video!  Reminds us of 9th grade.]

• All officials eligible to be selected to work the championship are subject to random, thorough background checks.

[Covered this yesterday.  How thorough could these checks be?  What predictive value do they have?]

• There are [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2007/07/26/ncaa-response-to-tim-donaghy/feed/ 0